Acadia National Park : A Study of Conservation Objectives Relating to its Establishment and Boundary Adjustments

Winsor, Luther

Summarizes the history of the establishment of Acadia National Park. Contents include: chronology of major events; summary; Sieur de Monts National Monument, early history of Mount Desert Island, creation of Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, threat to charter gives birth to national park idea, advice given to establish national monument rather than national park, formal offer to the Secretary of the Interior, proclamation establishing Sieur de Monts National Monument; Lafayette National Park, desire for National Park Status, bill to establish Mount Desert National Park, bill to establish Lafayette National Park; Acadia National Park, acquistion of Schoodic Peninsula, legislation to establish Acadia National Park; land acquisition and boundary adjustments, hancock county trustees of public reservations, wild gardens of Acadia, individual donations (Schoodic Peninsula, Rockefeller donations, George B. Dorr donations, Isle au Haut), transfers from other agencies (Naval radio station, seawall; Green Lake fish cultural station; Otter Cliffs radio station; Jackson Laboratory-Rockefeller exchange; recreational demonstration project; Thompson's Island-home owners loan corp; Transfers to other agencies, additional land to Schoodic Naval Radio Station, Tremont school lot. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /ACADIA NATIONAL PARK/MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/SCHOODIC PENINSULA/